| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.2

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.2 | The History Cooperative

*Empire's Edge: American Society in Nome, Alaska, 1898–1934*. By Preston Jones. (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2007. x + 158 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. $19.95, paper.)
In Empire's Edge, Jones explores Nome, Alaska's Anglo-American residents' sense of self-importance in national and international affairs and their lofty ambitions to become the entrepôt of the Great North. Specifically, Jones seeks to understand what effect the simultaneous development of American imperialism and the increased Anglo presence on the Seward Peninsula had upon the development of this northern city.	1
From the start, it is clear that these Nomeites understood the survival of their city rested upon the successful creation of economic ties to the outside. The transience inherited from the 1898 gold rush would not sustain the kind of city these transplants aspired to develop. This knowledge led them to aggressively pursue economic opportunities that would link their city to both domestic and international commerce.	. . .

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